Survivor executive producer Mark Burnett has been trying to create a reality competition that sends its winner into space for more than 13 years, and it may finally happen: NBC has ordered Space Race, which teams Burnett up with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and will send the winner into space on SpaceShipTwo. One of the… continue reading

NBC’s Ready for Love will be burned off online, with an episode being broadcast each week for the next six weeks. The show was effectively cancelled after suffering from low ratings; Tuesday’s episode had just 2.86 million viewers and a 1.1 rating in 18-49. New episode will appear online, such as on NBC.com, Hulu, and… continue reading

NBC cancelled Ready for Love last week after just two low-rated episodes were broadcast, but it will still air a new episode Tuesday night, the network confirmed to me. When I saw Eva Longoria, the show’s executive producer, tweet about tomorrow’s episode, I suggested someone might have forgotten to tell her that her own show… continue reading

NBC has made some major and somewhat unexpected changes to its schedule next season, and several of those changes affect its biggest reality series, including The Voice and The Biggest Loser. A rundown of what the network announced today: Most significantly, The Voice will return in the fall and then air in the spring, using… continue reading

NBC has ordered a new fashion competition reality series produced by Project Runway‘s original creators, Magical Elves, on which designers will compete for a chance to launch a retail brand. Fashion Star will debut next year and be hosted by Elle Macpherson, who has hosted Britain’s Next Top Model, and “will give 12 unknown designers… continue reading

NBC announced today that it ordered 12 episodes of a hidden-camera reality series called Betty White’s Off Their Rockers, which will be hosted by former The Golden Girls star. It’s based on the European series Benidorm Bastards and “follows a band of seven senior citizens who make it their mission to play pranks on unsuspecting… continue reading

NBC has announced that it will air a new talent competition series that’s produced by two reality producer superstars, Survivor executive producer Mark Burnett and Big Brother producer John de Mol. The Voice of America is based on a European format and features celebrity mentors picking teams of singers who are eliminated until one team… continue reading

Fox’s new Gordon Ramsay-fronted cooking competition MasterChef drew younger viewers, more than America’s Got Talent, but the weak new NBC series Breakthrough with Tony Robbins failed to draw any viewers. MasterChef had 5.75 million viewers overall, and thus was beaten by Wipeout, America’s Got Talent, and NCIS: Los Angeles, but among viewers 18 to 49,… continue reading

NBC has renewed the three unscripted series it debuted this spring: The Marriage Ref, Minute to Win It, and Who Do You Think You Are?, NBC announced today. The Jerry Seinfeld-produced Marriage Ref got a lot of shit when it first debuted, but it’s been averaging 7.2 million viewers a week and is among “the… continue reading

Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel is joining America’s Got Talent as a judge for its fifth season, replacing David Hasselhoff, who quit to do another show. Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan are continuing as judges, and host Nick Cannon returns. The casting announcement first came from NBC Universal executive Jeff Gaspin, who told… continue reading

NBC has announced a new series that will award what it calls “arguably the biggest prize in reality show history,” which is “a new restaurant chain in four cities across America.” United Plates of America is a competition judged “by a panel of real investors who fund the chain of restaurants with their own money,”… continue reading

Last November, CBS paid “a premium fee” for Mike Fleiss’ reality show There Goes the Neighborhood, according to Variety. Was it worth it? And why didn’t either of the two family-focused reality shows catch on this summer, especially since at least one was highly anticipated? Last night, 3.91 million people watched CBS’ walled-off neighborhood competition,… continue reading

NBC’s Great American Road Trip debuted Tuesday night, and already the network is moving it away from its highly rated golden child America’s Got Talent, dumping the new reality show on Mondays at 8 p.m. The premiere of the new series was watched by 4.657 million people, more than the 4.198 who watched ABC’s crap… continue reading

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